Hadder v. State

After his conviction of murder in the first degree by a jury in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, the appellant, Hadder, has appealed.

He contends that the trial court erred: (1) in not granting his motions for judgment of acquittal; (2) in not requiring the State’s Attorney to furnish everything he requested in a bill of particulars; (3) in permitting a deputy sheriff to sit at the counsel table during the hearings on two pre-trial motions; (4) in admitting into evidence statements and confessions made by the accused; and (5) in several of its advisory instructions to the jury.

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